Maternal sepsis and intrauterine fetal death resulting from Candida tropicalis chorioamnionitis in a woman with a retained intrauterine contraceptive device

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 981-982

  Barth, Tatjana ^a   Broscheit, Jens ^a   Bussen, Stefanie ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Chorioamnionitis; Intrauterine device

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METHYLERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036796465     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.811014.x     Document Type: Article

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